Drug-addled mum ‘trained her son, 4, to inject her with heroin’

Leanne Michelle Abbott's two sons, now five and seven, claimed they helped their mum use needles to shoot up the drug

By Phoebe Cooke

6th March 2018, 12:07 pm

Updated: 6th March 2018, 2:33 pm

A DRUG-ADDLED mum is said to have trained her four-year-old son to inject her with heroin.

Leanne Michelle Abbott’s children - now five and seven - allegedly told cops they helped their mum use needles to shoot up the drug on frequent occasions around 18 months ago.

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Leanne Michelle Abbott is said to have made her young sons inject her with heroin

According to TribLive, the two boys revealed to police in the US state of Pennsylvania that they helped inject Abbott with a sugar-like powder that she'd allegedly mixed with water before putting it in the syringe.

In an interview with social workers they reportedly said they were asked to "inject her with something".

Police were told how the kids used "(a) plastic thing shaped like a cylinder with a sharp pointy thing at the end".

They are then said to have told how they "pull it up until they saw blood, then push it back in".

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Westmoreland County District Court in Pennsylvania, where Abbott was charged on Friday

Cops in West Virginia have now located Abbott a month after she went on the run following the police interviews.

On Friday, she was charged with child endangerment, corruption of minors and reckless endangerment.

Police said the children are now in foster care.

Township police Chief John Otto said officers had put in a "huge amount of work" to locate the addict.

He added: “It is such a tragic crime.

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"A lot of people really were interested in getting her off the street ... even for her own safety."

Abbott is currently being held in jail after failing to pay $50,000 (£35,952) bail.

She is next due to appear in court next Tuesday, March 13.

US Police give investigation details of drug addled mum, Leanne Abbott who ‘trained her sons now, 5 and 7, to inject her with heroin’

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